[78-L] If anyone has $400 to spare...

[fnarf at comcast.net]

"Limited to 1,500 individually numbered copies, each signed by the artist Alex Steinweiss in his distinctive Steinweiss Scrawl , printed on archival-quality paper and presented in a custom slipcase."

Yikes. I'm happy that he's still alive to enjoy some recognition. There was a long period, up until about a decade ago, when pioneers like Steinweiss and Flora were ignored. I can even remember reading a long time ago in a book that The Beatles were "the first" to use artistic covers on their albums; this is of course only true if you believe the universe sprang fully formed out of Elvis's brow, as most rock'n'roll writers at one did.

But $500 list is painful, even for a signature. It looks cool, though; it looks like a 78 album cover.


----- Original Message -----
From: soundthink at aol.com
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:32:01 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [78-L] If anyone has $400 to spare...

Looks fabulous, but why so much?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3836501929/ref=pe_5050_12108720_snp_dp

For something a little less harsh on the pocket book, I can recommend this lesser volume:

http://www.amazon.com/Record-Life-Work-Alex-Steinweiss/dp/B0013VZLV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242833474&sr=1-1

Cary Ginell
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